Bimini Capital Management (BMNM) 10-K 2021 FY Annual report

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Robert E. Cauley, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bimini Capital Management,Inc. (the "registrant");

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statementof a material fact or omit to state a material fact

necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading

with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all

material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods

presented in this report;

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures

(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange

Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed

under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is

made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the periodin which this report is being prepared;

b)

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internalcontrol over financial reporting to be

designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the

preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting principles;

c)

evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our

conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this

report based on such evaluation; and

d)

disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting that occurred during the

registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has

materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and

5.

The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, basedon our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial

reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's boardof directors (or persons performing

equivalent functions):

a)

all significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which

are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,process, summarize and report financial

information; and

b)

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the

registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 11, 2022

/s/ Robert E. Cauley

Robert E. Cauley

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer